diff --git a/include/grpcpp/opencensus.h b/include/grpcpp/opencensus.h
index 07a13339863..29b221f7674 100644
--- a/include/grpcpp/opencensus.h
+++ b/include/grpcpp/opencensus.h
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@
 #ifndef GRPCPP_OPENCENSUS_H
 #define GRPCPP_OPENCENSUS_H
 
-#ifndef GRPC_BAZEL_BUILD
-#error OpenCensus for gRPC is only supported when building with bazel.
-#endif
-
 #include "opencensus/trace/span.h"
 
 namespace grpc {